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An expanded special edition in celebration of the 150th anniversary of the American Numismatic Society. This anniversary volume is the largest ever AJN with over 600 pages of text plus 117 plates written by over 30 contributors, including Curators and Trustees, past students and visiting scholars in the ANS’s Graduate Summer Seminar, as well as recipients of the ANS’s Archer M. Huntington award for outstanding career contributions to numismatics. Deserving special mention is Edward T. Newell’s (1886–1941) posthumous contribution, “Coins from the Excavations at Beisan (Nysa-Scythopolis, Tel Beth Shean): 1929–1935.” One of the preeminent numismatists of his and subsequent generations, Newell was an ANS President, Huntington Medal recipient, and stands among the Society’s greatest benefactors. It is most fitting that his lost manuscript was discovered and edited in time for inclusion in this anniversary volume.

An inventory, modeled on the Inventory of Greek Coin Hoards, enumerates approximately 900 coin finds, chiefly from the United States, but also from Canada and most other countries in the Americas. Also included are about 150 finds of American coins found outside the Americas. Each entry contains the find spot, date of finding, date of deposit, detailed description of the contents, and a bibliography. The inventory exploits the numismatic, shipwreck, and archaeological literatures, newspapers, and law reports of treasure trove cases more thoroughly than has ever been done before.

Contents:

Part I: Numismatic Finds in the Americas
Part II: Treasury Accumulation and Release of U.S. Silver Dollars
Part III: Finds of American Coins outside the Americas
References
Index of Find Spots
Index to Special Types of Finds and to Named Hoards
Index to Contents of Finds

Maps: Greece-Western Euxine, Bulgaria, Rumania
Inventory:
Greece
Macedonia and the North
Thrace and the Western Euxine
South Russia
Asia Minor and Cyprus
The Levant
Egypt
The East
Italy
Sicily
North Africa
Spain
Gaul
Concordance: Noe-Inventory
Index of Hoards
Index of Kings and Dynasts
Index of Mints: Cities, Tribes and Districts